Who Should I Trade?

Nick Mears for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 720	# 1052

Projections

Strikeouts	9	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.58
WHIP	1.36	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	# 370

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 389	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	33

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	19.1	30.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	2	3

Holds	5	9

Hits Allowed	18	34

Earned Runs	11	13

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	15	27

Walks	11	21

ERA	5.12	3.86

WHIP	1.50	1.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.4	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	9	6

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	6

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.30	4.58

WHIP	1.36	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
News
	Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Nick Mears began playing catch again on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Nick Mears experienced soreness following Tuesday's bullpen session and is undergoing further evaluation. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 19th	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

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Nick Mears for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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