Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Niko Kavadas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	‐
VBR	# 89	‐

Projections

Runs	18	‐
Home Runs	6	‐
RBI	19	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.248	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	476	‐

Runs	53	‐

Hits	116	‐

Singles	79	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	64	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	70	‐

Strikeouts	124	‐

Batting Average	.244	‐

On Base Pct	.351	‐

Slugging Pct	.389	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	‐

Runs	18	‐

Hits	31	‐

Singles	19	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	19	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.342	‐

Slugging Pct	.443	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA
News
	Michael Busch went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	The Angels reassigned INF Niko Kavadas to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 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
	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
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#287	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#251
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#235
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#235	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#274
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#224
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#334	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#214	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko	#186
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#77
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Niko Kavadas (2026)

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