Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Nick Kurtz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	# 72
VBR	‐	# 72

Projections

Runs	11	19
Home Runs	4	6
RBI	10	21
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.241	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 33	# 42

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	# 74

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	# 111

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	# 77

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 133

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	# 66

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	468

Runs	62	52

Hits	89	115

Singles	52	79

Doubles	15	20

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	21	14

RBI	69	63

Stolen Bases	7	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	79	69

Strikeouts	141	123

Batting Average	.253	.246

On Base Pct	.394	.353

Slugging Pct	.480	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	.740

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	58	135

Runs	11	19

Hits	14	34

Singles	8	20

Doubles	3	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	6

RBI	10	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	17

Strikeouts	22	37

Batting Average	.241	.249

On Base Pct	.362	.344

Slugging Pct	.466	.443

On-base Plus Slugging	.828	.787

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
News
	Athletics manager Mark Kotsay told reporters Nick Kurtz is unlikely to return this season. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th
	The Athletics placed 1B Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Nick Kurtz went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Twins with a three-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
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 Kurtz 1B - ATH			Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#313	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#135
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#178	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#266	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#282
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#288
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#73	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#265	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#152	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#238
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#226
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#285
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#404
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#188	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#272
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#370	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#112
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#127	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#175
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#322
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#132	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#36	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#159	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#265	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#330	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#93	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#26	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#116	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#151
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#183
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#76	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#155
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#314
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#87	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#21	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#178	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#434
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Nick Kurtz (2026)

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