Who Should I Trade?

Max Meyer for Nick Lodolo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 47	# 121
VBR	# 208	# 361

Projections

Strikeouts	64	57
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	4.47
WHIP	1.30	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 34	# 78

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 39	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 52	# 83

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 52	# 144

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 112

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	12

Games Started	19	12

Innings Pitched	108.0	62.2

Wins	9	3

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	82	64

Earned Runs	31	32

Home Runs Allowed	11	9

Strikeouts	116	50

Walks	38	27

ERA	2.58	4.60

WHIP	1.11	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	63.5	59.8

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	59

Earned Runs	28	30

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	64	57

Walks	22	18

ERA	3.98	4.47

WHIP	1.30	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
News
	Max Meyer will start on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	The Marlins say Max Meyer will not start on Sunday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Nick Lodolo exited Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning due to a blister on his left index finger. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Max Meyer allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four across five innings in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched six innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while earning the win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th
	Max Meyer allowed five runs (one earned) on six hits and no walks while striking out five across six innings in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched five scoreless innings but was tagged with a no-decision on Monday against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Max Meyer allowed two hits and two walks while striking out five across seven scoreless innings, picking up the win on Friday against the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to make his next start on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Meyer SP - MIA			Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ STL
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Max Meyer for Nick Lodolo (2026)

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