Who Should I Trade?

Michel Otanez for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1049	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.29
WHIP	1.46	1.59

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	30.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	3.86	‐

WHIP	1.81	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.5	6.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	5	6

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	7

Walks	2	4

ERA	4.13	4.29

WHIP	1.46	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
News
	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rangers designated RHP Michel Otañez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Otanez allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk across 2.1 innings over three Cactus League appearances. Texas optioned him to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH			Michel Otanez RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#400
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Michel Otanez for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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