Who Should I Trade?

Greg Bird for Nick Kurtz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Greg Bird 1B - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	9	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.248	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 33	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Greg Bird 1B - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	‐

Runs	62	‐

Hits	89	‐

Singles	52	‐

Doubles	15	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	21	‐

RBI	69	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	79	‐

Strikeouts	141	‐

Batting Average	.253	‐

On Base Pct	.394	‐

Slugging Pct	.480	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Greg Bird 1B - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	55	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	14	‐

Singles	8	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.369	‐

Slugging Pct	.486	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Greg Bird 1B - FA
News
	Athletics manager Mark Kotsay told reporters Nick Kurtz is unlikely to return this season. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	The Athletics placed 1B Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Greg Bird 1B - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#291
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#314
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#118
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#332
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#214
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Greg Bird for Nick Kurtz (2026)

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