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,RF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	# 283
VBR	# 47	# 376

Projections

Runs	16	9
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	18	8
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.253	.237

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,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	479	282

Runs	65	35

Hits	104	66

Singles	60	38

Doubles	20	20

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	24	6

RBI	72	40

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	63	36

Strikeouts	119	51

Batting Average	.217	.234

On Base Pct	.306	.329

Slugging Pct	.409	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.712

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


At Bats	112	73

Runs	16	9

Hits	28	17

Singles	18	12

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	18	8

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	8

Strikeouts	25	14

Batting Average	.253	.237

On Base Pct	.326	.318

Slugging Pct	.439	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.684

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC
News
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-2 win over the Mets on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Nick Loftin went 3-for-4 in a win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored, four RBI, and a walk. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th
	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 2-for-2 in loss to the Dodgers with a double, one run scored and one stolen base while drawing two walks. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 11th
	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 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 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 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-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
Notes
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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,RF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
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 (8-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119

Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Nick Loftin (2026)

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