Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Castro for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Miguel Castro RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 871	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.72	‐
WHIP	1.50	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 464	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Miguel Castro RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	9.90	‐

WHIP	2.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Miguel Castro RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.72	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Miguel Castro RP - LAA
News
	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Angels signed RHP Miguel Castro to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN			Miguel Castro RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Castro for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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