Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Estrada for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 934	# 740

Projections

Strikeouts	14	10
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.93	4.68
WHIP	1.57	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 464	‐

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


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	9.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	4

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	9	6

Walks	10	5

ERA	9.90	4.82

WHIP	2.40	0.96

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


Games Played	16	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.9	12.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	13	12

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	10

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.93	4.68

WHIP	1.57	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
News
	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Blue Jays optioned Lazaro Estrada to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Blue Jays recalled Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	The Blue Jays are expected to recall Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	The Blue Jays placed Lazaro Estrada on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	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
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN			Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, May 22nd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-0)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ PHI
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)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
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 Zach Maxwell (2026)

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