Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Lugo for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC	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	# 286	‐
VBR	# 1146	# 1398

Projections

Runs	12	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.239	.201

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 388	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 135	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	187	‐

Runs	27	‐

Hits	43	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	15	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	29	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	21	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Batting Average	.230	‐

On Base Pct	.319	‐

Slugging Pct	.385	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.705	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	90	7

Runs	12	1

Hits	22	1

Singles	14	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	0

Strikeouts	16	2

Batting Average	.239	.201

On Base Pct	.316	.234

Slugging Pct	.369	.358

On-base Plus Slugging	.685	.593

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
News
	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	The Royals claimed Matthew Lugo off waivers from the Angels on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 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	The Angels designated Matthew Lugo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Angels optioned OF Matthew Lugo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Nick Loftin left Saturday’s game in the ninth inning after being hit by a thrown ball. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Nick Loftin went 4-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Rays with a home run, four runs scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC			Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Lugo for Nick Loftin (2026)

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