Who Should I Trade?

Nathaniel Lowe for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CLE	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 290	‐
VBR	# 450	# 1298

Projections

Runs	13	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	14	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.256	.188

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 253	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CLE	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	260	55

Runs	27	8

Hits	70	12

Singles	39	5

Doubles	18	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	3

RBI	42	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	29	5

Strikeouts	73	17

Batting Average	.269	.218

On Base Pct	.343	.283

Slugging Pct	.489	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.831	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CLE	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	6

Runs	13	1

Hits	25	1

Singles	17	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	0

Strikeouts	27	2

Batting Average	.256	.188

On Base Pct	.343	.226

Slugging Pct	.414	.245

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.471

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CLE	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
News
	Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-4 in a 13-6 loss to the Mets on Thursday with a home run, one walk, one run scored, three RBI, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 7th	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Nathaniel Lowe has been traded to the Cleveland Guardians by the Cincinnati Reds according to Jeff Passan. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	Nathaniel Lowe went 3-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CLE			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#416
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#229
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#201
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs KC	Daniel Lynch
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Apr 4th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Nathaniel Lowe for Ryan Ward (2026)

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