Who Should I Trade?

Nick Lodolo for Sonny Gray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 45	# 123
VBR	# 169	# 343

Projections

Strikeouts	64	53
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.93	4.43
WHIP	1.26	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 32	# 103

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 49	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 60	# 83

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 44	# 130

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 21	# 112

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	12

Games Started	18	12

Innings Pitched	101.2	62.2

Wins	12	3

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	86	64

Earned Runs	28	32

Home Runs Allowed	11	9

Strikeouts	90	50

Walks	28	27

ERA	2.48	4.60

WHIP	1.12	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	10

Innings Pitched	65.0	55.7

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	54

Earned Runs	28	27

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	64	53

Walks	18	17

ERA	3.93	4.43

WHIP	1.26	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
News
	Sonny Gray allowed one earned run on five hits and four walks while striking out five over six innings in a win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Nick Lodolo is expected to attempt to throw a bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Sonny Gray will start on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Sonny Gray allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Mets. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Nick Lodolo exited Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning due to a blister on his left index finger. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	The Braves have expressed interest in Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched six innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while earning the win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Sonny Gray ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched five scoreless innings but was tagged with a no-decision on Monday against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS			Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Lodolo for Sonny Gray (2026)

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