Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Nathaniel Lowe (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 73	# 291
VBR	# 90	# 466

Projections

Runs	22	13
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	23	14
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.251	.256

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	# 256

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 271

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	448	262

Runs	52	27

Hits	111	70

Singles	75	39

Doubles	20	18

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	14	13

RBI	63	43

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	68	29

Strikeouts	117	74

Batting Average	.248	.267

On Base Pct	.358	.339

Slugging Pct	.395	.485

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	.824

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	150	95

Runs	22	13

Hits	38	24

Singles	22	16

Doubles	7	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	23	14

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	12

Strikeouts	42	26

Batting Average	.251	.256

On Base Pct	.346	.344

Slugging Pct	.453	.413

On-base Plus Slugging	.799	.757

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CLE
News
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-4 in a 13-6 loss to the Mets on Thursday with a home run, one walk, one run scored, three RBI, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 7th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	Nathaniel Lowe has been traded to the Cleveland Guardians by the Cincinnati Reds according to Jeff Passan. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Nathaniel Lowe went 3-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#151
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#279
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#198
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Nathaniel Lowe (2026)

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