Who Should I Trade?

Michael Helman for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Michael Helman CF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 267	‐
VBR	# 501	# 1314

Projections

Runs	16	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	13	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.235	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 250	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 252	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 259	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 415	# 382

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	199	30

Runs	19	2

Hits	34	5

Singles	24	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	11	2

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	20	1

Strikeouts	54	6

Batting Average	.171	.167

On Base Pct	.259	.235

Slugging Pct	.256	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	.515	.535

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	121	18

Runs	16	2

Hits	28	4

Singles	20	2

Doubles	5	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	13	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	26	5

Batting Average	.235	.214

On Base Pct	.325	.276

Slugging Pct	.367	.327

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.603

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Michael Helman CF - TEX
News
	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Rangers transferred OF Michael Helman to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Michael Helman suffered multiple fractures in his right hand when he was hit by a pitch in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 14th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th	The Rangers recalled Michael Helman from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 3-for-4 with a homer in a 9-2 rout of the Tigers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Apr 25th	The Rangers optioned outfielder Michael Helman to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	TJ Friedl went 2-for-5 with three RBI in the Reds 7-4 win over the Twins in 10 innings on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th	Rangers outfielder Michael Helman will see time at shortstop in camp, according to manager Skip Schumaker. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN			Michael Helman CF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Helman for TJ Friedl (2026)

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