Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Zach Pop (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1068

Projections

Strikeouts	4	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.88
WHIP	1.65	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 195	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	7

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	7.1	7.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	8

Earned Runs	3	7

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	6	7

Walks	3	13

ERA	3.68	8.59

WHIP	1.09	2.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.2	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	6	8

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	8

Walks	2	5

ERA	4.37	4.88

WHIP	1.65	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
News
	Phillies RHP Zach Pop elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Phillies designated Zach Pop for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Zach Pop began a rehab assignment in Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th	The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Phillies placed RHP Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Pop RP - MIA			Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Zach Pop (2026)

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