Who Should I Trade?

Nick Fortes for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Nick Fortes C - TB
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	# 348
VBR	# 338	# 1125

Projections

Runs	9	5
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	10	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.230	.232

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 171	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 218	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 342

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	# 312

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Nick Fortes C - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	325	259

Runs	33	28

Hits	80	68

Singles	51	50

Doubles	17	14

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	4

RBI	43	29

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	40	9

Strikeouts	100	34

Batting Average	.246	.263

On Base Pct	.329	.307

Slugging Pct	.409	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Nick Fortes C - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	78	48

Runs	9	5

Hits	18	11

Singles	11	8

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	10	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	3

Strikeouts	25	9

Batting Average	.230	.232

On Base Pct	.315	.285

Slugging Pct	.387	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.625

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Nick Fortes C - TB
News
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	Nick Fortes went 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Nick Fortes went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th	Nick Fortes went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, one run scored and two RBI in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	Nick Fortes went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored in Wednesday's 7-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson hit a solo home run as part of a 2-0 win over the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	Nick Fortes went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-2 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN			Nick Fortes C - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs DET	Ty Madden	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Fortes for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

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