Who Should I Trade?

Denzer Guzman for Nicky Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 352	# 1152

Projections

Runs	9	5
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	9	3
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.220	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 203	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	208	203

Runs	22	20

Hits	46	54

Singles	32	49

Doubles	8	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	24	22

Stolen Bases	2	5

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	12	10

Strikeouts	58	38

Batting Average	.221	.266

On Base Pct	.267	.307

Slugging Pct	.346	.305

On-base Plus Slugging	.613	.613

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	75	42

Runs	9	5

Hits	17	10

Singles	11	8

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	9	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	4

Strikeouts	23	8

Batting Average	.220	.235

On Base Pct	.277	.304

Slugging Pct	.356	.278

On-base Plus Slugging	.633	.582

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
News
	Denzer Guzman went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	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
	Denzer Guzman went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	The Rangers signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Denzer Guzman went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Denzer Guzman went 2-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the Twins with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs designated INF Nicky Lopez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Denzer Guzman went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a game-tying three-run homer in the eighth as the Angels defeated the Athletics, 9-7, on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA			Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#271
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#301
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#291
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#145
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Denzer Guzman for Nicky Lopez (2026)

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