Who Should I Trade?

Nathaniel Lowe for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 175	# 291
VBR	# 263	# 553

Projections

Runs	19	14
Home Runs	4	4
RBI	17	16
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.265	.251

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 166	# 251

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	# 271

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	246	230

Runs	36	24

Hits	69	59

Singles	47	33

Doubles	11	14

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	12

RBI	33	33

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	40	26

Strikeouts	40	66

Batting Average	.281	.257

On Base Pct	.386	.332

Slugging Pct	.455	.474

On-base Plus Slugging	.842	.806

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	133	106

Runs	19	14

Hits	35	27

Singles	23	17

Doubles	8	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	17	16

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	14

Strikeouts	27	30

Batting Average	.265	.251

On Base Pct	.357	.339

Slugging Pct	.420	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.758

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
News
	Spencer Horwitz suffered a concussion on his rehab assignment and will remain on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Nathaniel Lowe went 3-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Spencer Horwitz will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Bradenton on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Spencer Horwitz has started a running program. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said that Spencer Horwitz is expected back in July. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Reds first baseman Nathaniel Lowe hit a solo home run in an 8-1 loss to the Cardinals on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said he expects Spencer Horwitz to be sidelined through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-5 in a win over the Phillies with two doubles, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT			Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#300	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Nathaniel Lowe for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

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