Who Should I Trade?

Nick Lodolo for Wilber Dotel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 127	‐
VBR	# 364	# 688

Projections

Strikeouts	41	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	4.42
WHIP	1.37	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 108	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 146	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	# 348

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	14

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	62.2	26.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	64	27

Earned Runs	32	15

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	50	29

Walks	27	11

ERA	4.60	5.06

WHIP	1.45	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	17

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	43.5	16.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	42	16

Earned Runs	21	8

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	41	14

Walks	13	7

ERA	4.44	4.42

WHIP	1.37	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
News
	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to begin a minor league rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Wilber Dotel will remain in the majors with the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo (blister) threw a 50-pitch live batting practice session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	Wilber Dotel will be the 27th man for the Pirates in Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Nick Lodolo will face hitters for two or three innings of a live BP. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Wilber Dotel will make a rehab appearance for Double-A Altoona. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Nick Lodolo threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Wilber Dotel will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to throw another bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Wilber Dotel threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Lodolo for Wilber Dotel (2026)

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