Who Should I Trade?

Rhett Lowder for Troy Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Troy Watson SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 188	‐
VBR	# 619	# 1064

Projections

Strikeouts	27	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.62	4.94
WHIP	1.43	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 161	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 165	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 426	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 178	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Troy Watson SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	14	‐

Innings Pitched	72.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	83	‐

Earned Runs	46	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	35	‐

ERA	5.75	‐

WHIP	1.64	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Troy Watson SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	8

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	33.3	1.8

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	34	2

Earned Runs	17	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	27	1

Walks	13	1

ERA	4.62	4.94

WHIP	1.43	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Troy Watson SP - DET
News
	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 Tigers selected the contract of RHP Troy Watson and optioned him to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Rhett Lowder will be moved to the bullpen through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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
	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
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN			Troy Watson SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#198
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Rhett Lowder for Troy Watson (2026)

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