Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Nick Kurtz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 22	‐
VBR	# 18	# 1116

Projections

Runs	29	8
Home Runs	11	3
RBI	29	9
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.262	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	31

Runs	62	9

Hits	89	14

Singles	52	7

Doubles	15	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	21	4

RBI	69	11

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	79	0

Strikeouts	141	8

Batting Average	.253	.452

On Base Pct	.394	.469

Slugging Pct	.480	.936

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	1.404

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	157	63

Runs	29	8

Hits	41	15

Singles	22	10

Doubles	8	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	11	3

RBI	29	9

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	26	5

Strikeouts	56	16

Batting Average	.262	.244

On Base Pct	.376	.304

Slugging Pct	.528	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.903	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	The Athletics placed 1B Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Eduardo Valencia went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 11-0 win over the Athletics with two doubles, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Eduardo Valencia went 4-for-5 in Tuesday's 14-0 win over the Orioles with two home runs, three runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Eduardo Valencia is with the Tigers on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Eduardo Valencia was sent down to Triple-A Toledo ahead of Monday's game against the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Nick Kurtz (2026)

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