Who Should I Trade?

Max Muncy for Nick Gonzales (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 139	‐
VBR	# 114	# 464

Projections

Runs	12	6
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	11	7
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.281	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 133	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	# 487

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	478	213

Runs	66	28

Hits	146	47

Singles	117	29

Doubles	22	9

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	6	7

RBI	56	25

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	36	18

Strikeouts	88	78

Batting Average	.305	.221

On Base Pct	.366	.290

Slugging Pct	.393	.380

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	93	51

Runs	12	6

Hits	26	12

Singles	19	7

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	11	7

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	4

Strikeouts	19	17

Batting Average	.281	.233

On Base Pct	.337	.295

Slugging Pct	.407	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.690

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
News
	Nick Gonzales is back in the Pirates lineup on Monday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Max Muncy went 1-for-4 in a win over the Astros with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Nick Gonzales is not in the Pirates lineup on Sunday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Max Muncy went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s 9-7 loss to the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Nick Gonzales is not in Friday's starting lineup but available off the bench if needed. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 15th	The Athletics recalled INF Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Nick Gonzales was pulled from Friday’s game against the Red Sox after being hit in the helmet by a pitch. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Athletics optioned Max Muncy to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Nick Gonzales went 1-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 9-0 win over the Mets on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Athletics recalled Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT			Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, May 18th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Max Muncy for Nick Gonzales (2026)

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