Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Jordan for Nick Kurtz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	‐
VBR	# 11	# 418

Projections

Runs	36	15
Home Runs	14	4
RBI	36	17
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.265	.255

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 187

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	342	108

Runs	62	10

Hits	89	25

Singles	52	17

Doubles	15	5

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	21	1

RBI	69	22

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	77	5

Strikeouts	135	15

Batting Average	.260	.232

On Base Pct	.399	.256

Slugging Pct	.494	.343

On-base Plus Slugging	.893	.599

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	192	127

Runs	36	15

Hits	51	32

Singles	27	22

Doubles	10	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	14	4

RBI	36	17

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	32	7

Strikeouts	68	19

Batting Average	.265	.255

On Base Pct	.379	.298

Slugging Pct	.535	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.913	.699

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL
News
	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	Blaze Jordan went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a triple, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Blaze Jordan went 3-for-5 in a win over the Cubs with three runs scored and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th
	Nick Kurtz took batting practice in the cage on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Blaze Jordan went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a double and three RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 25th
	The Athletics could activate Nick Kurtz this weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Blaze Jordan went 2-for-4 in a win over the Twins with a home run, a triple, two runs scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th
	Nick Kurtz has not been cleared to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Blaze Jordan was called up by the St. Louis Cardinals and will make his MLB debut on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th
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 Kurtz 1B - ATH			Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#176	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Jordan for Nick Kurtz (2026)

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