Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Nathaniel Lowe (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 96	# 290
VBR	# 315	# 751

Projections

Runs	19	13
Home Runs	4	4
RBI	19	14
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.257	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 105	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 220	# 250

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 271

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	322	218

Runs	53	23

Hits	92	54

Singles	68	29

Doubles	9	13

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	12

RBI	60	31

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	35	26

Strikeouts	36	64

Batting Average	.286	.248

On Base Pct	.362	.328

Slugging Pct	.450	.473

On-base Plus Slugging	.813	.800

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	145	96

Runs	19	13

Hits	37	24

Singles	27	16

Doubles	6	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	19	14

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	17	12

Strikeouts	23	27

Batting Average	.257	.250

On Base Pct	.345	.338

Slugging Pct	.384	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.758

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
News
	Liam Hicks went 2-for-5 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Liam Hicks went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th
	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 with a double and one run scored in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Reds first baseman Nathaniel Lowe hit a solo home run in an 8-1 loss to the Cardinals on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th
	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-5 in a win over the Phillies with two doubles, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st
	Liam Hicks went 1-for-4 with two walks and three runs scored in Friday's 12-5 victory over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th	Reds designated hitter Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run as part of a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA			Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Nathaniel Lowe (2026)

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