Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Nicky Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	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	# 167	‐
VBR	# 1225	# 1142

Projections

Runs	2	8
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	2	6
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.266	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 225	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	184

Runs	49	19

Hits	72	51

Singles	37	46

Doubles	17	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	17	1

RBI	48	20

Stolen Bases	6	4

Caught Stealing	2	3

Walks	39	9

Strikeouts	63	33

Batting Average	.253	.277

On Base Pct	.353	.316

Slugging Pct	.498	.321

On-base Plus Slugging	.851	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	17	73

Runs	2	8

Hits	5	18

Singles	3	14

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	6

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	2	6

Strikeouts	4	13

Batting Average	.266	.242

On Base Pct	.337	.302

Slugging Pct	.453	.296

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.598

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
News
	Curtis Mead is scheduled to go for follow-up imaging in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Rangers signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	The Red Sox are placing Curtis Mead on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Cubs designated INF Nicky Lopez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Curtis Mead was removed from Monday’s game against the Athletics with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS			Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#346	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#182	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#411	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Sat, May 9th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

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Curtis Mead for Nicky Lopez (2026)

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