Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	‐
VBR	# 573	# 1021

Projections

Strikeouts	23	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.25	4.59
WHIP	1.43	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 233	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	7.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	32	8

Earned Runs	16	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	38	7

Walks	11	13

ERA	4.28	8.59

WHIP	1.28	2.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.9	7.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	7

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	23	7

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.25	4.59

WHIP	1.43	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
News
	The Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Mark Leiter Jr. is going through a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Athletics placed RHP Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Reds optioned RHP Kyle Nicolas to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Mark Leiter Jr. allowed two hits and struck out one over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over Atlanta. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 1st	The Reds recalled RHP Kyle Nicolas from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH			Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#185	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

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