Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Luinder Avila (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 278	‐
VBR	# 747	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	35	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.61	4.29
WHIP	1.51	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 444	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 185	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	1

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	63.0	2.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	1

Earned Runs	34	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	57	1

Walks	35	2

ERA	4.86	4.50

WHIP	1.56	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	17

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	42.0	7.4

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	41	7

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	35	6

Walks	20	3

ERA	4.61	4.29

WHIP	1.51	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Luinder Avila will start Sunday’s series finale against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Luinder Avila allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's win over the Giants. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Luinder Avila allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Luinder Avila allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Luinder Avila allowed four earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's 5-4 win over the White Sox. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th	The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Luinder Avila (2026)

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