Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Karros for Nicky Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Karros 3B - COL	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 321	# 1167

Projections

Runs	16	9
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	14	6
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.264	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 170	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Karros 3B - COL	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	325	174

Runs	56	17

Hits	89	50

Singles	58	46

Doubles	20	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	42	19

Stolen Bases	3	4

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	46	9

Strikeouts	79	31

Batting Average	.274	.287

On Base Pct	.370	.328

Slugging Pct	.431	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.801	.650

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Karros 3B - COL	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	113	82

Runs	16	9

Hits	30	19

Singles	20	16

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	6

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	13	7

Strikeouts	29	15

Batting Average	.264	.237

On Base Pct	.345	.301

Slugging Pct	.406	.287

On-base Plus Slugging	.751	.588

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Karros 3B - COL	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
News
	Kyle Karros is back in the Rockies lineup on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Nicky Lopez went 3-for-5 with a stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. The three-hit performance extended his hitting streak to nine games. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd
	Kyle Karros was scratched from the Rockies lineup on Tuesday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Rangers signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Kyle Karros went 1-for-4 in Saturday's loss to the Giants with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Kyle Karros went 3-for-5 in a win over the Giants with two RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Cubs designated INF Nicky Lopez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Kyle Karros went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run and one double. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	The Cubs selected the contract of INF Nicky Lopez from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Karros 3B - COL			Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#322	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#402	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#400
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#370	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#265	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, Apr 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Karros for Nicky Lopez (2026)

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