Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Nick Kurtz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	# 239
VBR	‐	# 1138

Projections

Runs	10	6
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	9	6
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.248	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 33	# 248

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	# 258

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	# 275

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 200

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	251

Runs	62	39

Hits	89	66

Singles	52	51

Doubles	15	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	21	8

RBI	69	44

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	79	21

Strikeouts	141	43

Batting Average	.253	.263

On Base Pct	.394	.319

Slugging Pct	.480	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	55	46

Runs	10	6

Hits	14	12

Singles	8	8

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	9	6

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	4

Strikeouts	21	10

Batting Average	.248	.252

On Base Pct	.369	.326

Slugging Pct	.486	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
News
	Athletics manager Mark Kotsay told reporters Nick Kurtz is unlikely to return this season. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Dominic Smith went 1-for-3 with a solo homer, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored in Saturday's 8-3 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Athletics placed 1B Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Dominic Smith went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Dominic Smith went 1-for-4 with a three-run double in Thursday's 11-5 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Dominic Smith went 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th
	Nick Kurtz went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Twins with a three-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Dominic Smith went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, a triple, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 9-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 21st
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 Kurtz 1B - ATH			Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#290	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#160	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#240	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#265
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#276
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#339
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#313	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#172
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#118	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#282	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#242
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#331	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#211	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#108	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#77	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#160	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Nick Kurtz (2026)

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