Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Newman for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 283	‐
VBR	# 489	‐

Projections

Runs	9	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	8	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.238	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 385	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 135	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	282	‐

Runs	35	‐

Hits	66	‐

Singles	38	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	40	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	36	‐

Strikeouts	51	‐

Batting Average	.234	‐

On Base Pct	.329	‐

Slugging Pct	.383	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	73	‐

Runs	9	‐

Hits	17	‐

Singles	12	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	8	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Batting Average	.238	‐

On Base Pct	.317	‐

Slugging Pct	.369	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.685	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
News
	Nick Loftin went 3-for-4 in a win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored, four RBI, and a walk. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th
	Nick Loftin went 2-for-2 in loss to the Dodgers with a double, one run scored and one stolen base while drawing two walks. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 11th
	Nick Loftin went 1-for-3 in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Tigers with a solo home run, a run scored and an RBI while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th
	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with two runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC			Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#136	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#221	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#221
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#317	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#317
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#373	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#373
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#169	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#169
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#99	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Newman for Nick Loftin (2026)

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