Who Should I Trade?

Matt Chapman for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Chapman 3B - SF	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 122	# 283
VBR	# 694	# 1023

Projections

Runs	11	10
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	10	10
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.233	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 121	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 95	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 106	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 139	# 386

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 163	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Chapman 3B - SF	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	307	237

Runs	35	31

Hits	71	57

Singles	45	33

Doubles	18	18

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	42	35

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	37	26

Strikeouts	81	39

Batting Average	.231	.241

On Base Pct	.321	.324

Slugging Pct	.365	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.712

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Chapman 3B - SF	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	76	82

Runs	11	10

Hits	18	20

Singles	11	13

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	10	10

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	8

Strikeouts	21	15

Batting Average	.233	.241

On Base Pct	.327	.315

Slugging Pct	.402	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Chapman 3B - SF	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
News
	Matt Chapman is likely to undergo season-ending surgery on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	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
	Matt Chapman will visit a specialist on his abdomen injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Matt Chapman told reporters he’s getting another MRI for his abdominal strain on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Matt Chapman will not be activated from the injured list this weekend. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Chapman will be activated for the team's upcoming series against the Padres. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Matt Chapman 3B - SF			Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#87	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#190	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#157	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#155	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#158	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#409	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#317	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#230	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#395
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#409	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#409	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#328	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#155	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#196	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#130	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#256	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#414
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Chapman for Nick Loftin (2026)

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