Who Should I Trade?

Hans Crouse for Kyle Nicolas (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Hans Crouse RP - BAL	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1088

Projections

Strikeouts	1	8
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	0.00	4.71
WHIP	0.96	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hans Crouse RP - BAL	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	7

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	7.1

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	8

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	13

ERA	‐	8.59

WHIP	‐	2.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hans Crouse RP - BAL	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	0.5	8.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	8

Earned Runs	0	5

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	1	8

Walks	0	5

ERA	0.00	4.71

WHIP	0.96	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hans Crouse RP - BAL	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
News
	The Orioles reassigned RHP Hans Crouse to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Hans Crouse has signed a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles. David Leisering Tue, Jan 20th	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Orioles signed RHP Hans Crouse to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
		The Reds optioned RHP Kyle Nicolas to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
		The Reds recalled RHP Kyle Nicolas from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hans Crouse RP - BAL			Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs TOR
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Hans Crouse for Kyle Nicolas (2026)

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