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 - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	# 290
VBR	# 93	# 452

Projections

Runs	25	14
Home Runs	8	4
RBI	27	16
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.249	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 45	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 86	# 251

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 271

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


At Bats	416	244

Runs	48	24

Hits	100	63

Singles	67	36

Doubles	18	15

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	12

RBI	59	35

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	66	27

Strikeouts	112	69

Batting Average	.240	.258

On Base Pct	.355	.332

Slugging Pct	.387	.467

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.799

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


At Bats	173	108

Runs	25	14

Hits	43	27

Singles	26	18

Doubles	9	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	27	16

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	14

Strikeouts	49	30

Batting Average	.249	.252

On Base Pct	.346	.340

Slugging Pct	.451	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	.759

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
News
	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
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	Reds first baseman Nathaniel Lowe hit a solo home run in an 8-1 loss to the Cardinals on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-5 in a win over the Phillies with two doubles, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Nathaniel Lowe (2026)

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