Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee for Nicky Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 135	‐
VBR	# 172	# 1152

Projections

Runs	11	5
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	3
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.243	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 179	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 155	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 105	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	487	203

Runs	61	20

Hits	121	54

Singles	75	49

Doubles	21	3

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	22	1

RBI	73	22

Stolen Bases	7	5

Caught Stealing	5	3

Walks	33	10

Strikeouts	86	38

Batting Average	.249	.266

On Base Pct	.300	.307

Slugging Pct	.439	.305

On-base Plus Slugging	.739	.613

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	91	42

Runs	11	5

Hits	22	10

Singles	15	8

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	4

Strikeouts	17	8

Batting Average	.243	.235

On Base Pct	.298	.304

Slugging Pct	.389	.278

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.582

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
News
	Brooks Lee went 2-for-5 in a 7-4 loss to the White Sox on Friday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 29th	Nicky Lopez went 3-for-5 with a stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. The three-hit performance extended his hitting streak to nine games. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd
	Brooks Lee went 1-for-4 in a 7-4 loss to the Athletics on Wednesday with a home run, a run scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th	The Rangers signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Brooks Lee went 1-for-3 in an 8-1 loss to the Padres on Sunday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 24th	The Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Brooks Lee went 3-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Padres on Saturday with a home run, a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd	The Cubs designated INF Nicky Lopez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Brooks Lee went 1-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Phillies on Sunday with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 17th	The Cubs selected the contract of INF Nicky Lopez from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN			Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#145
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#271
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#301
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#291
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#217	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Tue, Mar 31st				@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee for Nicky Lopez (2026)

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