Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Nick Kurtz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 22	‐
VBR	# 12	‐

Projections

Runs	31	‐
Home Runs	12	‐
RBI	32	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.261	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	18

Runs	62	3

Hits	89	2

Singles	52	0

Doubles	15	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	21	0

RBI	69	0

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	79	1

Strikeouts	141	8

Batting Average	.253	.111

On Base Pct	.394	.200

Slugging Pct	.480	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	169	‐

Runs	31	‐

Hits	44	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	12	‐

RBI	32	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	28	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Batting Average	.261	‐

On Base Pct	.375	‐

Slugging Pct	.530	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.905	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
News
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	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	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	Nick Kurtz took batting practice in the cage on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
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			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Nick Kurtz (2026)

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