Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Nimmo for Christian Franklin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Nimmo LF,CF,RF,DH - TEX	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 90	‐
VBR	# 90	# 1250

Projections

Runs	23	4
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	22	3
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.262	.201

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 96	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 87	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 75	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 59	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 113	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Nimmo LF,CF,RF,DH - TEX	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	416	5

Runs	48	1

Hits	113	0

Singles	70	0

Doubles	27	0

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	12	0

RBI	43	0

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	38	1

Strikeouts	99	2

Batting Average	.272	.000

On Base Pct	.340	.167

Slugging Pct	.442	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	.167

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Nimmo LF,CF,RF,DH - TEX	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	161	29

Runs	23	4

Hits	42	6

Singles	27	4

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	22	3

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	17	3

Strikeouts	40	8

Batting Average	.262	.201

On Base Pct	.342	.293

Slugging Pct	.445	.318

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.610

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Nimmo LF,CF,RF,DH - TEX	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
News
	Brandon Nimmo went 2-for-3 in Wednesday’s 6-0 win over the Giants with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 6th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said the team is promoting OF Christian Franklin. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Brandon Nimmo went 3-for-5 in a win over the Giants with a double and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	The Nationals have optioned outfielder Christian Franklin to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Brandon Nimmo went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Astros with a home run, one walk, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Brandon Nimmo went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Astros with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Brandon Nimmo went 4-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Nimmo LF,CF,RF,DH - TEX			Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#400	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Nimmo for Christian Franklin (2026)

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