Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Michael Arias (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH	Michael Arias RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1021	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.59	6.08
WHIP	1.48	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH	Michael Arias RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	8.59	‐

WHIP	2.86	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH	Michael Arias RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.8	0.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	1

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	7	1

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.59	6.08

WHIP	1.48	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH	Michael Arias RP - NYY
News
	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Yankees have reassigned right-hander Michael Arias to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Reds optioned RHP Kyle Nicolas to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	The Reds recalled RHP Kyle Nicolas from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
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 Nicolas RP - WSH			Michael Arias RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Michael Arias (2026)

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