Who Should I Trade?

Nick Lodolo for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 120	# 188
VBR	# 310	# 986

Projections

Strikeouts	48	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.45	4.34
WHIP	1.38	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 100	# 131

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	# 115

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	# 260

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	# 445

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	10

Innings Pitched	62.2	54.0

Wins	3	4

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	55

Earned Runs	32	27

Home Runs Allowed	9	8

Strikeouts	50	34

Walks	27	12

ERA	4.60	4.50

WHIP	1.45	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	2

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	50.1	9.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	10

Earned Runs	25	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	48	6

Walks	15	3

ERA	4.45	4.34

WHIP	1.38	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
News
	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to throw another bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Nick Lodolo is expected to attempt to throw a bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Stephen Kolek is going to get a second opinion on his right flexor sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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 Royals say Stephen Kolek will make a rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Stephen Kolek allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out zero over two innings in Thursday's loss to the Rays. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Stephen Kolek SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Lodolo for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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