Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Nick Kurtz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	# 167
VBR	# 11	# 243

Projections

Runs	36	18
Home Runs	14	7
RBI	36	21
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.265	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DTD

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	# 118

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	# 99

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 188

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 128

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	342	124

Runs	62	26

Hits	89	36

Singles	52	14

Doubles	15	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	21	14

RBI	69	36

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	77	19

Strikeouts	135	54

Batting Average	.260	.290

On Base Pct	.399	.386

Slugging Pct	.494	.702

On-base Plus Slugging	.893	1.088

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	192	131

Runs	36	18

Hits	51	31

Singles	27	18

Doubles	10	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	7

RBI	36	21

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	32	15

Strikeouts	68	44

Batting Average	.265	.240

On Base Pct	.379	.322

Slugging Pct	.535	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.913	.768

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	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	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Nick Kurtz took batting practice in the cage on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Esmerlyn Valdez was removed from Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks after being hit by a pitch on the left hand. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Athletics could activate Nick Kurtz this weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Esmerlyn Valdez went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-7 win over the Cubs on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Nick Kurtz has not been cleared to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-5 loss against the Yankees on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#176	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Nick Kurtz (2026)

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