Who Should I Trade?

Nick Loftin for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 267	# 286
VBR	# 460	# 1101

Projections

Runs	18	11
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	15	10
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.235	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 250	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 252	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 259	# 388

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 415	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	196	198

Runs	19	28

Hits	34	48

Singles	24	28

Doubles	6	15

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	11	32

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	20	21

Strikeouts	52	30

Batting Average	.174	.242

On Base Pct	.262	.326

Slugging Pct	.260	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.523	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	135	85

Runs	18	11

Hits	32	20

Singles	22	14

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	15	10

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	9

Strikeouts	29	15

Batting Average	.235	.241

On Base Pct	.323	.316

Slugging Pct	.366	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
News
	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with two runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th	Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 3-for-4 with a homer in a 9-2 rout of the Tigers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Apr 25th	Nick Loftin left Saturday’s game in the ninth inning after being hit by a thrown ball. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	TJ Friedl went 2-for-5 with three RBI in the Reds 7-4 win over the Twins in 10 innings on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th	Nick Loftin went 4-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Rays with a home run, four runs scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN			Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
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)	#316	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#350	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs MIN
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
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ LAD
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
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				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
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
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Loftin for TJ Friedl (2026)

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