Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Vaughn for Nick Kurtz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Andrew Vaughn 1B - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 22	# 153
VBR	# 18	# 207

Projections

Runs	29	17
Home Runs	11	5
RBI	29	21
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.262	.259

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	# 162

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	# 163

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	# 162

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 25	# 156

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 131

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Andrew Vaughn 1B - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	187

Runs	62	25

Hits	89	56

Singles	52	34

Doubles	15	15

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	21	5

RBI	69	30

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	79	26

Strikeouts	141	30

Batting Average	.253	.300

On Base Pct	.394	.393

Slugging Pct	.480	.481

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	.874

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Andrew Vaughn 1B - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	157	142

Runs	29	17

Hits	41	37

Singles	22	23

Doubles	8	8

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	11	5

RBI	29	21

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	26	13

Strikeouts	56	29

Batting Average	.262	.259

On Base Pct	.376	.326

Slugging Pct	.528	.434

On-base Plus Slugging	.903	.761

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Andrew Vaughn 1B - MIL
News
	The Athletics placed 1B Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Andrew Vaughn went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Andrew Vaughn went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mets with a home run, one double, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Andrew Vaughn went 1-for-1 in a win over the Reds with a three-run double. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	Nick Kurtz went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Twins with a three-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Andrew Vaughn went 4-for-6 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, two doubles, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 9th
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Andrew Vaughn went 3-for-5 in Sunday’s 12-4 win over the Rockies with a triple, three runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Andrew Vaughn 1B - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Vaughn for Nick Kurtz (2026)

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