Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Montes for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 268	‐
VBR	# 468	‐

Projections

Runs	15	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	12	‐
Stolen Bases	3	‐
Batting Average	.236	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 251	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 252	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 261	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 415	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	199	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	34	‐

Singles	24	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	20	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Batting Average	.171	‐

On Base Pct	.259	‐

Slugging Pct	.256	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.515	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	115	‐

Runs	15	‐

Hits	27	‐

Singles	19	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	12	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Batting Average	.236	‐

On Base Pct	.326	‐

Slugging Pct	.370	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
News
	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Mariners top prospect Lázaro Montes has been promoted to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	The Mariners reassigned OF Lazaro Montes to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 3-for-4 with a homer in a 9-2 rout of the Tigers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Apr 25th
	TJ Friedl went 2-for-5 with three RBI in the Reds 7-4 win over the Twins in 10 innings on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN			Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, May 22nd				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Sun, May 24th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

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Lazaro Montes for TJ Friedl (2026)

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