Who Should I Trade?

Christian Koss for Nick Gonzales (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 140	‐
VBR	# 125	# 511

Projections

Runs	13	9
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	12	8
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.278	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	468	103

Runs	66	9

Hits	144	22

Singles	115	17

Doubles	22	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	56	2

Stolen Bases	7	2

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	34	4

Strikeouts	85	27

Batting Average	.308	.214

On Base Pct	.367	.250

Slugging Pct	.397	.262

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.512

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	78

Runs	13	9

Hits	29	18

Singles	20	13

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	12	8

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	7	4

Strikeouts	21	20

Batting Average	.278	.238

On Base Pct	.332	.281

Slugging Pct	.404	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.621

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
News
	Nick Gonzales is back in the Pirates lineup on Monday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Christina Koss has a locker in the Giants clubhouse on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Nick Gonzales is not in the Pirates lineup on Sunday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Christian Koss has a left wrist fracture and will be re-examined in two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Nick Gonzales is not in Friday's starting lineup but available off the bench if needed. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 15th	The Giants optioned Christian Koss to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Nick Gonzales was pulled from Friday’s game against the Red Sox after being hit in the helmet by a pitch. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Nick Gonzales went 1-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 9-0 win over the Mets on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
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 Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT			Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, May 18th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st				@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#284
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs HOU	Bryan King
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Koss for Nick Gonzales (2026)

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