Who Should I Trade?

Parker Meadows for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Parker Meadows CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 274	# 364
VBR	# 451	‐

Projections

Runs	4	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	4	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.217	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 253	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 252	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 282	# 358

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 415	# 320

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Parker Meadows CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	36

Runs	20	3

Hits	38	9

Singles	27	7

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	21	2

Strikeouts	60	10

Batting Average	.165	.250

On Base Pct	.248	.308

Slugging Pct	.251	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.499	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Parker Meadows CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	35	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	7	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.217	‐

On Base Pct	.309	‐

Slugging Pct	.325	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.634	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Parker Meadows CF - DET
News
	TJ Friedl went 1-for-1 in Friday's 10-8 win over the Cubs with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	Parker Meadows has been working out at the Tigers team facility in Florida. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	TJ Friedl has been placed on waivers by the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Parker Meadows is continuing to complete rehab daily. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Parker Meadows underwent surgery on Monday to repair a radial fracture in left forearm. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	The Tigers transferred OF Parker Meadows to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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	The Tigers placed OF Parker Meadows on the 10-day injured list with a left radius fracture and a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN			Parker Meadows CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#371	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs MIL	DL Hall (3-0)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#203
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#165
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#261
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#261
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#115
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#376	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#403
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Parker Meadows for TJ Friedl (2026)

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