Who Should I Trade?

Calvin Faucher for Kyle Nicolas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Calvin Faucher RP - MIA	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 364	‐
VBR	# 550	# 1017

Projections

Strikeouts	20	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.08	4.66
WHIP	1.45	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 343	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 396	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Calvin Faucher RP - MIA	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	7.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	38	8

Earned Runs	23	7

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	46	7

Walks	30	13

ERA	4.57	8.59

WHIP	1.50	2.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Calvin Faucher RP - MIA	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.9	7.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	7

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.08	4.66

WHIP	1.45	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Calvin Faucher RP - MIA	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
News
	Calvin Faucher allowed no earned runs despite issuing three walks while recording his first save of the season in Wednesday’s 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Calvin Faucher lost his arbitration hearing against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sat, Feb 14th	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
		The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
		The Reds optioned RHP Kyle Nicolas to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
		The Reds recalled RHP Kyle Nicolas from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Calvin Faucher RP - MIA			Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Calvin Faucher for Kyle Nicolas (2026)

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