Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 386	‐
VBR	# 746	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.55	5.19
WHIP	1.29	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 391	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.12	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.7	2.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	3

Earned Runs	1	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	2	3

Walks	1	2

ERA	3.55	5.19

WHIP	1.29	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
News
	Nick Mears suffered another setback in his recovery. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Rangers have outrighted right-hander Alexis Diaz to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to begin a mound progression next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Diaz allowed eight earned runs on three hits and four walks across 1.2 innings over three spring appearances, retiring just five of the 13 batters he faced and striking out one. He had entered camp competing for the Rangers' closer job. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 13th
	Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st				@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Nick Mears (2026)

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