Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1136	# 804

Projections

Strikeouts	41	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.38	4.50
WHIP	1.56	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 393	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	2

Games Started	22	1

Innings Pitched	104.2	1.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	149	2

Earned Runs	78	5

Home Runs Allowed	16	2

Strikeouts	80	3

Walks	40	2

ERA	6.71	27.00

WHIP	1.81	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	54.4	7.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	7

Earned Runs	32	4

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	41	6

Walks	21	4

ERA	5.38	4.50

WHIP	1.56	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	Michael Lorenzen allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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 Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	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 selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. 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 have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#364	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#415	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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