Who Should I Trade?

Richard Lovelady for Travis Adams (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 657	# 1029

Projections

Strikeouts	21	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.62	4.43
WHIP	1.43	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 253	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	33

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	27.2	30.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	0	4

Saves	2	4

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	1	9

Hits Allowed	26	34

Earned Runs	17	13

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	34	27

Walks	14	21

ERA	5.53	3.86

WHIP	1.45	1.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.9	8.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	24	9

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	7

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.62	4.43

WHIP	1.43	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
News
	Travis Adams allowed one earned run on two hits while throwing 16 pitches over one inning to earn a save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Sat, Jun 6th	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	The Twins recalled Travis Adams from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	The Twins officially optioned Travis Adams to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Twins optioned RHP Travis Adams to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	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
	Travis Adams got the final out of a 6-5 win over the Red Sox to pick up a save on Sunday. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th	Richard Lovelady will serve as the opener for the Nationals on Friday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN			Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#242	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th				@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Richard Lovelady for Travis Adams (2026)

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