Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	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	# 265	‐
VBR	# 627	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.29
WHIP	1.42	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 233	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	2.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	32	1

Earned Runs	16	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	38	1

Walks	11	2

ERA	4.28	4.50

WHIP	1.28	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.7	7.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	18	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	6

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.37	4.29

WHIP	1.42	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	The Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Mark Leiter Jr. is going through a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Athletics placed RHP Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Mark Leiter Jr. allowed two hits and struck out one over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over Atlanta. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 1st	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
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

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