Who Should I Trade?

Rhett Lowder for Spencer Strider (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 117	# 188
VBR	# 621	# 588

Projections

Strikeouts	15	25
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	4.57
WHIP	1.29	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 142	# 161

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 92	# 165

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	# 426

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 252	# 178

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	17

Games Started	8	14

Innings Pitched	39.0	72.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	2	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	83

Earned Runs	23	46

Home Runs Allowed	9	9

Strikeouts	46	61

Walks	20	35

ERA	5.31	5.75

WHIP	1.36	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	12

Games Started	2	5

Innings Pitched	13.1	32.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	32

Earned Runs	6	16

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	15	25

Walks	5	12

ERA	4.02	4.57

WHIP	1.29	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
News
	Spencer Strider remains uncertain to pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Rhett Lowder allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits while striking out two over 2 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	The Braves transferred Spencer Strider to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Rhett Lowder will be moved to the bullpen through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Spencer Strider will be shut down from throwing for four weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder allowed six earned runs on 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings while taking the loss on Tuesday against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Spencer Strider underwent an MRI that didn’t show any ligament damage. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder surrendered three earned runs on eight hits across 5 2/3 innings on Wednesday, taking the loss at home against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Braves right-hander Spencer Strider (elbow) will visit elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister this week. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	Rhett Lowder allowed four earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL			Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Rhett Lowder for Spencer Strider (2026)

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