Who Should I Trade?

Jhonathan Diaz for Kyle Nicolas (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jhonathan Diaz RP - SEA	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	# 916	# 1017

Projections

Strikeouts	3	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	4.66
WHIP	1.33	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jhonathan Diaz RP - SEA	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
	Jhonathan Diaz RP - SEA	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	4.3	7.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	7

Earned Runs	2	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	3	7

Walks	1	4

ERA	4.22	4.66

WHIP	1.33	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jhonathan Diaz RP - SEA	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
News
	Lefthander Jhonathan Diaz has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Seattle Mariners. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Mariners have signed left-hander Jhonathan Diaz to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Tue, Feb 10th	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Mariners have outrighted left-hander Jhonathan Diaz to Triple-A Tacoma. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jan 28th	The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Mariners designated LHP Jhonathan Díaz for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 23rd	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jhonathan Diaz RP - SEA			Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Jhonathan Diaz for Kyle Nicolas (2026)

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