Who Should I Trade?

Alex Hoppe for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 668	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.16	4.06
WHIP	1.49	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 461	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	28.0	2.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	27	1

Earned Runs	18	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	34	1

Walks	11	2

ERA	5.79	4.50

WHIP	1.36	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	14.5	6.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	14	7

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	6

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.16	4.06

WHIP	1.49	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	The Mariners recalled Alex Hoppe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Mariners optioned Alex Hoppe to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Mariners selected the contract of RHP Alex Hoppe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Hoppe split time between Triple-A Worcester and Double-A Portland in Boston's organization last season, posting a 4.55 ERA, 1.52 WHIP and 73:34 K:BB across 61.1 innings. Acquired from the Red Sox in November, he was added to Seattle's 40-man roster heading into 2026 but has yet to make his big-league debut. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 18th	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
		The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

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Alex Hoppe for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

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