Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Yilber Diaz (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1071	# 1048

Projections

Strikeouts	8	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.73	4.50
WHIP	1.50	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.1	0.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	7

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	0

Walks	13	1

ERA	8.59	94.50

WHIP	2.86	12.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.6	5.4

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	5

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	5

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.73	4.50

WHIP	1.50	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
News
	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Tigers optioned Yilber Diaz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Tigers have claimed pitcher Yilber Diaz off waivers from the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	The Diamondbacks designated RHP Yilber Díaz for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Reds optioned RHP Kyle Nicolas to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	Yilber Diaz is being called up to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
	The Reds recalled RHP Kyle Nicolas from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	Diaz transitioned to a relief role at Triple-A Reno last season and issued 73 walks across 57 innings in the minors. He allowed four runs on three hits and two walks over 1.2 innings this spring. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH			Yilber Diaz RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Yilber Diaz (2026)

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