Who Should I Trade?

George Lombard for Nick Gonzales (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 139	# 255
VBR	# 114	# 211

Projections

Runs	12	12
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	11	11
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.281	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	# 168

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 133	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 109	# 174

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	478	74

Runs	66	12

Hits	146	19

Singles	117	15

Doubles	22	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	56	6

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	36	7

Strikeouts	88	22

Batting Average	.305	.257

On Base Pct	.366	.317

Slugging Pct	.393	.378

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.696

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	93	91

Runs	12	12

Hits	26	21

Singles	19	14

Doubles	5	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	11	11

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	7	11

Strikeouts	19	28

Batting Average	.281	.228

On Base Pct	.337	.314

Slugging Pct	.407	.358

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
News
	Nick Gonzales is back in the Pirates lineup on Monday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	George Lombard Jr. went 1-for-3 in a win over the Blue Jays with one run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Nick Gonzales is not in the Pirates lineup on Sunday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	George Lombard Jr. went 2-for-3 in a win over the Braves with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	Nick Gonzales is not in Friday's starting lineup but available off the bench if needed. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 15th	George Lombard Jr. went 1-for-2 in a 2-0 win over the Cardinals with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	Nick Gonzales was pulled from Friday’s game against the Red Sox after being hit in the helmet by a pitch. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	George Lombard Jr. is in the lineup for the New York Yankees against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
	Nick Gonzales went 1-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 9-0 win over the Mets on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	George Lombard Jr. has been called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by the New York Yankees according to Jack Curry. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT			George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th				@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BOS	Raymond Burgos
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

George Lombard for Nick Gonzales (2026)

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