Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Waldschmidt for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 212	# 266
VBR	# 589	# 616

Projections

Runs	13	13
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	11	10
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.245	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 199	# 252

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	# 261

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 265	# 257

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 462	# 415

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	154	206

Runs	20	19

Hits	44	34

Singles	29	24

Doubles	13	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	13	11

Stolen Bases	6	5

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	20

Strikeouts	54	54

Batting Average	.286	.165

On Base Pct	.329	.251

Slugging Pct	.403	.248

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.499

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	93	95

Runs	13	13

Hits	23	22

Singles	15	15

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	11	10

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	10	11

Strikeouts	26	21

Batting Average	.245	.234

On Base Pct	.324	.322

Slugging Pct	.377	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.684

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
News
	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 15-5 win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Ryan Waldschmidt exited Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch on his right thumb. He underwent X-rays after the game, which came back negative. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	The Diamondbacks recalled Ryan Waldschmidt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	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 Diamondbacks optioned OF Ryan Waldschmidt to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 3-for-4 with a homer in a 9-2 rout of the Tigers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Apr 25th
	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI triple, and a stolen base on Sunday during the Diamondbacks' 9-1 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Mon, May 25th	TJ Friedl went 2-for-5 with three RBI in the Reds 7-4 win over the Twins in 10 innings on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI			TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#229	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Waldschmidt for TJ Friedl (2026)

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