Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Taylor Rogers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 331	‐
VBR	# 635	# 798

Projections

Strikeouts	20	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.27	4.48
WHIP	1.45	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 415	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	35.1	1.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	43	2

Earned Runs	22	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	30	3

Walks	15	2

ERA	5.60	27.00

WHIP	1.64	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.7	8.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	19	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	7

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.27	4.48

WHIP	1.45	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	Taylor Rogers got the final out of a 4-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday to earn a save. Matthew Adam Sun, May 24th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Taylor Rogers struck out one batter over 0.2 scoreless innings to earn the save in Monday's 6-3 win over the Astros. Matthew Adam Tue, May 19th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Taylor Rogers has agreed to a one-year, $2 million deal with the Minnesota Twins. Vince DiSilvio Thu, Jan 22nd	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
		The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
		The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs STL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Taylor Rogers (2026)

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