Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Nicky Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1136	‐

Projections

Runs	8	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.237	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 294	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	195	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	53	‐

Singles	48	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	21	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Batting Average	.272	‐

On Base Pct	.313	‐

Slugging Pct	.313	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.625	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	71	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	17	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.298	‐

Slugging Pct	.291	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.589	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
News
	Nicky Lopez went 3-for-5 with a stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. The three-hit performance extended his hitting streak to nine games. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd	The Mets have reassigned infielder Grae Kessinger to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	The Rangers signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	Grae Kessinger is expected to be sidelined for at least 8-12 weeks after being diagnosed with a significant left hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	The Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	The Mets signed Grae Kessinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	The Cubs designated INF Nicky Lopez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Cubs selected the contract of INF Nicky Lopez from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX			Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#356
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#309	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#108	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#309	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (4-2)	#200	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#297	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#363	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#340
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#364
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#160	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#321	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#184
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#223	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#143	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#172	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#302	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#282
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#190	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#252
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#302	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#284	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ DET
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#282
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH

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Grae Kessinger for Nicky Lopez (2026)

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