Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Porter Hodge (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 789	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.23	‐
WHIP	1.57	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	1.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	27.00	‐

WHIP	2.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	7.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.23	‐

WHIP	1.57	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
News
	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Cubs transferred RHP Porter Hodge to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Porter Hodge underwent reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Porter Hodge will undergo season-ending UCL surgery on his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said that the goal is for Porter Hodge to begin playing catch around April 1. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 24th
	The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th	Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell told reporters Porter Hodge will begin the season on the injured list with a right elbow flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL			Porter Hodge RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ BOS
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Porter Hodge (2026)

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