Who Should I Trade?

Jesus Luzardo for Nick Kurtz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	# 40
VBR	‐	# 65

Projections

Runs	11	‐
Home Runs	4	5
RBI	10	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Avg	.244	‐
Strikeouts	23	52
Wins	‐	3
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.45
WHIP	‐	1.21

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 47	# 50

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	# 46

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	# 84

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 14	# 66

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 23

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 315	# 29

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI
2026 Stats


Runs	62	‐

Home Runs	21	12

RBI	69	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Batting Avg	.253	‐

Strikeouts	141	176

Wins	‐	10

Saves	‐	0

ERA	‐	3.63

WHIP	‐	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI
2026 Projections


Runs	11	‐

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Batting Avg	.244	‐

Strikeouts	23	52

Wins	‐	3

Saves	‐	0

ERA	‐	3.45

WHIP	‐	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI
News
	Athletics manager Mark Kotsay told reporters Nick Kurtz is unlikely to return this season. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Jesus Luzardo allowed two runs on four hits and a walk while striking out 12 across seven innings in Sunday's 7-6 win over the Blue Jays. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 9th
	The Athletics placed 1B Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Jesus Luzardo fired eight shutout frames, allowing just four hits and two walks while striking out seven in Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Jesus Luzardo was tagged for six runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five in Wednesday's 8-6 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Jesus Luzardo allowed just one run on three hits and a walk while striking out nine over seven innings in Friday's 1-0 loss to the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Jesus Luzardo gave up one run on just two hits and two walks while striking out seven across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#157	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#284	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#364
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#169	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#272
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#267	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#105
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#394	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#268	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#242
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#40
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#151	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#229
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#187	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#188	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#251	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#97
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#336	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#193
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#69	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#242	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#336
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#189
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#367
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#139	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#128
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#52	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#252
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#251	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#156
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#364
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#405
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#251	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#136
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#126	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#63	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#149	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#268	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#44
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#241	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#56	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#165	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#332	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#211	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#252
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#83	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#113	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#212
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#103	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#405
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#83	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#128
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#155
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#75	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#252
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#82	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#155
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#169	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jesus Luzardo for Nick Kurtz (2026)

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