Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Gausman for T.J. Nichols (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	‐
VBR	# 142	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	55	2
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	3.92
WHIP	1.24	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 23	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 33	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 19	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	23	‐

Innings Pitched	127.1	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	10	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	129	‐

Earned Runs	63	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	127	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	4.45	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	55.8	2.3

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	2

Earned Runs	25	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	55	2

Walks	17	1

ERA	3.96	3.92

WHIP	1.24	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
News
	The Cubs are acquiring RHP Kevin Gausman from the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Rays reassigned RHP T.J. Nichols to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	Kevin Gausman allowed one earned run on nine hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Kevin Gausman allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	The Blue Jays are listening to trade offers on Kevin Gausman. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Ken Rosenthal reports Kevin Gausman has eight teams he can block a trade to as part of his no-trade clause. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC			T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Gausman for T.J. Nichols (2026)

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