Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	# 283
VBR	# 39	# 912

Projections

Runs	23	10
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	26	9
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.256	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 45	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 385

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	429	243

Runs	60	31

Hits	92	58

Singles	49	33

Doubles	20	19

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	23	5

RBI	70	35

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	55	27

Strikeouts	110	41

Batting Average	.215	.239

On Base Pct	.299	.323

Slugging Pct	.422	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	80

Runs	23	10

Hits	42	19

Singles	26	13

Doubles	8	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	26	9

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	8

Strikeouts	37	14

Batting Average	.256	.240

On Base Pct	.328	.316

Slugging Pct	.458	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
News
	Manny Machado went 3-for-5 with four RBI in the Padres 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Nick Loftin went 1-for-3 in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Tigers with a solo home run, a run scored and an RBI while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with two home runs in the Padres 8-3 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with two runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 in the Padres 5-4 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Nick Loftin left Saturday’s game in the ninth inning after being hit by a thrown ball. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#191	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#189	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#191	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#216	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#396
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#77
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#221	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#170	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#172	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#267
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#406
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140	vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#198	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#114
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Nick Loftin (2026)

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