Who Should I Trade?

Michael Massey for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Michael Massey 2B,LF - KC	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 261	# 266
VBR	# 314	# 635

Projections

Runs	16	13
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	18	11
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.248	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 251

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 252

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 184	# 260

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 415

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Massey 2B,LF - KC	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	278	206

Runs	36	19

Hits	73	34

Singles	46	24

Doubles	19	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	37	11

Stolen Bases	2	5

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	20

Strikeouts	51	54

Batting Average	.263	.165

On Base Pct	.298	.251

Slugging Pct	.417	.248

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.499

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Massey 2B,LF - KC	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	139	100

Runs	16	13

Hits	35	23

Singles	23	16

Doubles	8	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	18	11

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	8	11

Strikeouts	27	22

Batting Average	.248	.235

On Base Pct	.289	.323

Slugging Pct	.395	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.685	.688

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Massey 2B,LF - KC	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
News
	Michael Massey went 1-for-2 in a win over Detroit with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Michael Massey went 3-for-5 in a win over the Padres with three hits, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Michael Massey went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 16-12 win over the Mets with a double, four runs scored, two RBI, two walks and one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Michael Massey went 3-for-5 in Sunday's loss to the Cardinals with two RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Michael Massey went 1-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Nationals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Massey 2B,LF - KC			TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 20th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Massey for TJ Friedl (2026)

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