Who Should I Trade?

Richard Lovelady for Wikelman Gonzalez (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1049	# 826

Projections

Strikeouts	5	11
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.65
WHIP	1.46	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	30.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	3.86	‐

WHIP	1.81	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.5	11.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	5	10

Earned Runs	3	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	5	11

Walks	2	6

ERA	4.13	4.65

WHIP	1.46	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
News
	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Gonzalez (back) surrendered three earned runs on five hits and six walks across 3.1 innings during his first three spring outings. Last Tuesday marked his most recent Cactus League appearance, with a back issue keeping him off the field since then. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Wikelman Gonzalez was removed from Tuesday’s spring training game against the Padres with lower back tightness. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH			Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#234
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Richard Lovelady for Wikelman Gonzalez (2026)

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