Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Estrada for Nick Lodolo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 120	‐
VBR	# 376	# 751

Projections

Strikeouts	45	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.45	4.65
WHIP	1.37	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 105	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	4

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	62.2	9.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	4

Earned Runs	32	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	50	6

Walks	27	5

ERA	4.60	4.82

WHIP	1.45	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	15

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	47.2	11.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	11

Earned Runs	23	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	45	10

Walks	14	4

ERA	4.45	4.65

WHIP	1.37	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
News
	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo (blister) threw a 50-pitch live batting practice session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	The Blue Jays optioned Lazaro Estrada to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Nick Lodolo will face hitters for two or three innings of a live BP. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Blue Jays recalled Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Nick Lodolo threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Blue Jays are expected to recall Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to throw another bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Blue Jays placed Lazaro Estrada on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Nick Lodolo is expected to attempt to throw a bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Lazaro Estrada was optioned back to the minors ahead of Tuesday's game against the Astros. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, May 22nd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#257
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Estrada for Nick Lodolo (2026)

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