Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	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	# 1037	# 728

Projections

Strikeouts	4	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.68	4.48
WHIP	1.47	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 482	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	16.1	1.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	14	2

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	14	3

Walks	7	2

ERA	3.31	27.00

WHIP	1.29	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	4.6	6.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	6

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	6

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.68	4.48

WHIP	1.47	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	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
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Mon, May 25th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jun 6th				@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Zack Kelly (2026)

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