Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Ross for Kyle Nicolas (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Ross RP - NYM	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 950	# 1118

Projections

Strikeouts	6	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.77
WHIP	1.47	1.58

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Ross RP - NYM	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	7

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	7.1

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	8

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	13

ERA	‐	8.59

WHIP	‐	2.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Ross RP - NYM	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.1	8.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	8

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	9

Walks	3	5

ERA	3.94	4.77

WHIP	1.47	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Ross RP - NYM	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
News
	Ross posted a 1.69 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, and 39:22 K:BB across 32 innings and 28 appearances at Triple-A in 2025 and is already on the 40-man roster. Syracuse placed him on the 7-day IL on March 27 with arm fatigue. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Ross advanced from High-A to Triple-A last season, compiling a 2.21 ERA and 1.11 WHIP across 53 innings during his rapid climb through New York's farm system. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
		The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
		The Reds optioned RHP Kyle Nicolas to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
		The Reds recalled RHP Kyle Nicolas from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Ross RP - NYM			Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#310	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#185	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#328
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#183	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#164	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#197	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#309	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#312
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#206
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#183
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Ross for Kyle Nicolas (2026)

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