Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Lugo for Nathan Church (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 296	‐
VBR	# 726	# 1392

Projections

Runs	12	0
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.244	.157

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 307	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 234	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	284	‐

Runs	37	‐

Hits	66	‐

Singles	47	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	9	‐

RBI	35	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	17	‐

Strikeouts	62	‐

Batting Average	.232	‐

On Base Pct	.280	‐

Slugging Pct	.366	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.646	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	95	4

Runs	12	0

Hits	23	1

Singles	17	0

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	6	0

Strikeouts	19	1

Batting Average	.244	.157

On Base Pct	.293	.191

Slugging Pct	.361	.213

On-base Plus Slugging	.654	.404

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
News
	Nathan Church went 2-for-5 in Friday's 17-1 win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	The Royals claimed Matthew Lugo off waivers from the Angels on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Nathan Church went 1-for-5 in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	The Angels designated Matthew Lugo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	The Angels optioned OF Matthew Lugo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd
	Nathan Church went 3-for-4 in win over the Mets with a double and a run scored. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL			Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Lugo for Nathan Church (2026)

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