Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Durbin for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Durbin 2B,3B - BOS	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 171	# 283
VBR	# 102	# 1078

Projections

Runs	22	11
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	19	10
Stolen Bases	7	1
Batting Average	.249	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 227	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	# 386

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 132	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Durbin 2B,3B - BOS	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	358	233

Runs	54	31

Hits	90	57

Singles	57	33

Doubles	21	18

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	11	5

RBI	51	35

Stolen Bases	13	1

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	29	26

Strikeouts	54	38

Batting Average	.251	.245

On Base Pct	.322	.328

Slugging Pct	.408	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Durbin 2B,3B - BOS	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	162	84

Runs	22	11

Hits	41	20

Singles	27	14

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	19	10

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	12	9

Strikeouts	22	15

Batting Average	.249	.243

On Base Pct	.317	.320

Slugging Pct	.383	.378

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.698

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Durbin 2B,3B - BOS	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
News
	Caleb Durbin went 3-for-6 in Thursday's win over the White Sox with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Nick Loftin went 1-for-3 in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Tigers with a solo home run, a run scored and an RBI while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th
	Caleb Durbin went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, four RBI, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	Caleb Durbin went 3-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with one walk and one run scored. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with two runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	Caleb Durbin went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Athletics with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Caleb Durbin went 1-for-4 in a win over the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Nick Loftin left Saturday’s game in the ninth inning after being hit by a thrown ball. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Durbin 2B,3B - BOS			Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#131	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#214	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#346	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, May 9th				vs DET	Burch Smith
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Durbin for Nick Loftin (2026)

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