Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Nick Kurtz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	# 225
VBR	# 48	# 219

Projections

Runs	29	22
Home Runs	11	8
RBI	29	25
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.264	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 191

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	# 195

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 44	# 163

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 378

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	334	291

Runs	61	36

Hits	88	61

Singles	52	40

Doubles	15	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	20	11

RBI	66	31

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	76	33

Strikeouts	130	105

Batting Average	.264	.210

On Base Pct	.403	.299

Slugging Pct	.494	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.897	.660

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	156	169

Runs	29	22

Hits	41	39

Singles	22	22

Doubles	8	8

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	11	8

RBI	29	25

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	26	19

Strikeouts	55	50

Batting Average	.264	.231

On Base Pct	.377	.316

Slugging Pct	.532	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.909	.744

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
News
	Nick Kurtz took batting practice in the cage on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	The Athletics could activate Nick Kurtz this weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st
	Nick Kurtz has not been cleared to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Kyle Manzardo went 2-for-4 in an 8-1 win over the Astros on Saturday with a home run, one run scored, three RBI, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
	The Athletics placed Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a right thumb capsule sprain, retroactive to July 10. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in a 4-2 win over the Brewers with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th
	Nick Kurtz is not in the Athletics lineup on Friday due to a right thumb capsule strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Yankees on Wednesday with a home run, two doubles, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS			@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Nick Kurtz (2026)

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