Who Should I Trade?

Darell Hernaiz for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 367	# 283
VBR	# 1320	# 1023

Projections

Runs	1	10
Home Runs	0	2
RBI	0	10
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.242	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 466	# 135

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 324	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	118	237

Runs	12	31

Hits	28	57

Singles	24	33

Doubles	3	18

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	5

RBI	7	35

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	26

Strikeouts	23	39

Batting Average	.237	.241

On Base Pct	.318	.324

Slugging Pct	.288	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.606	.712

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	6	82

Runs	1	10

Hits	2	20

Singles	1	13

Doubles	0	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	0	10

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	8

Strikeouts	1	15

Batting Average	.242	.241

On Base Pct	.291	.315

Slugging Pct	.332	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.623	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
News
	The Athletics have recalled infielder Darell Hernaiz from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	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
	The Athletics optioned Darell Hernaiz to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	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
		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
		Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
		Nick Loftin left Saturday’s game in the ninth inning after being hit by a thrown ball. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH			Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#177
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#395
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#136	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#158	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#167	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#264	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#117	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#130	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Darell Hernaiz for Nick Loftin (2026)

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