Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Robert Stephenson (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 794	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.33	‐
WHIP	1.55	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
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	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	7.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.33	‐

WHIP	1.55	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
News
	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	Stephenson signed a three-year, $33 million deal with the Angels after the 2023 season and previously underwent UCL reconstruction in May 2024. He experienced thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms over the winter and was eased into spring workouts before right elbow inflammation emerged and landed him on the 60-day IL prior to Opening Day. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Angels placed RHP Robert Stephenson on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Angels reliever Robert Stephenson has suffered a setback and said there is concern of further damage to his UCL. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	Angels reliever Robert Stephenson (shoulder) has suffered a setback and wil undergo tests. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th	Robert Stephenson said he “felt great” after facing live hitters for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 6th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL			Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Robert Stephenson (2026)

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