Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Mason Black (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1088

Projections

Strikeouts	6	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	4.93
WHIP	1.43	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

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


Games Played	1	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.0	17.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	18

Earned Runs	1	7

Home Runs Allowed	0	3

Strikeouts	1	15

Walks	2	11

ERA	4.50	3.57

WHIP	1.50	1.64

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


Games Played	17	11

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	6.7	11.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	7	12

Earned Runs	3	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	6	9

Walks	3	5

ERA	4.06	4.93

WHIP	1.43	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 21st				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Mason Black (2026)

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