Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for RJ Petit (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL	RJ Petit RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 804	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.50	‐
WHIP	1.52	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL	RJ Petit RP - COL
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	RJ Petit RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	7.3	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL	RJ Petit RP - COL
News
	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Rockies transferred RHP RJ Petit to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 26th
	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	RJ Petit underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Petit (elbow) was selected in the Rule 5 Draft by Colorado. A UCL sprain has been diagnosed in his right elbow. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	RJ Petit is dealing with forearm tightness and will wait until the inflammation subsides before undergoing an MRI. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Mar 7th
	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
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL			RJ Petit RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#364
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#415
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ CWS
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 RJ Petit (2026)

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