Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Liberatore for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 155	‐
VBR	# 366	# 1113

Projections

Strikeouts	39	36
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.42	5.33
WHIP	1.38	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 161	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	# 393

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	24

Games Started	22	23

Innings Pitched	108.2	107.2

Wins	5	3

Losses	8	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	121	156

Earned Runs	60	85

Home Runs Allowed	19	17

Strikeouts	107	80

Walks	41	43

ERA	4.97	7.11

WHIP	1.49	1.85

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	8	8

Innings Pitched	44.4	48.4

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	55

Earned Runs	22	29

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	39	36

Walks	15	18

ERA	4.42	5.33

WHIP	1.38	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd	Michael Lorenzen allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and three walks over three innings in Monday’s loss to the Rays. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five over 3.2 innings in Monday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 28th	Michael Lorenzen allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out two over four innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Michael Lorenzen allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Mon, May 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 22nd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, May 24th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Liberatore for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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