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Nick Castellanos for Niko Kavadas (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD  | Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 232 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 1092 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 19 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 5 | 1 |
| RBI | 21 | 2 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 0 |
| Batting Average | .238 | .200 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 138 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 331 | ‐ |
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 115 | ‐ |
| Runs | 9 | ‐ |
| Hits | 22 | ‐ |
| Singles | 13 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 5 | ‐ |
| Triples | 0 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 4 | ‐ |
| RBI | 20 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | ‐ |
| Walks | 5 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 34 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .191 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .221 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .339 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .560 | ‐ |
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 162 | 18 |
| Runs | 19 | 2 |
| Hits | 39 | 4 |
| Singles | 25 | 2 |
| Doubles | 8 | 1 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 5 | 1 |
| RBI | 21 | 2 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 10 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 42 | 7 |
| Batting Average | .238 | .200 |
| On Base Pct | .288 | .282 |
| Slugging Pct | .391 | .343 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .679 | .625 |
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA | |
| News | ||
| Nick Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | The Angels reassigned INF Niko Kavadas to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 11th | |
| Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th | ||
| Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 5-4 loss against the Cubs on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th | ||
| Padres manager Craig Stammen said he expects to give Nick Castellanos time as the designated hitter as well as in the outfield and at first base. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th | ||
| Nick Castellanos was not on the market long as he inks a deal with the San Diego Padres. Castellanos will make $780K from the Padres while the Phillies, who released him earlier this week, are on the hook for the remainder of his $20 million salary in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #17 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | @ HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #258 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #250 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #307 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #250 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | vs NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #29 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (2-1) | #133 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #18 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | vs LAD | Will Klein | |
| Sat, May 16th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4) | #13 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #202 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs ATH | Luis Medina (1-1) | #244 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ WSH | Paxton Schultz | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | |
| Sat, May 30th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ WSH | Zack Littell (5-4) | #169 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #29 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4) | #13 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs CIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ BAL | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ BAL | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ BAL | vs TB | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ STL | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ STL | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ STL | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ATL | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ATL | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ATL | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs LAD | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs LAD | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs LAD | vs ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ CHC | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ CHC | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ CHC | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ LAD | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ LAD | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ LAD | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ LAD | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs ARI | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ARI | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ARI | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ARI | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs TOR | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs TOR | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs TOR | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ KC | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ KC | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ KC | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ ATL | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ ATL | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ ATL | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ MIA | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ MIA | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ MIA | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs COL | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs COL | vs HOU | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs SF | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs SF | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs SF | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs HOU | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs HOU | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs HOU | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs MIL | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs MIL | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs MIL | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ NYM | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ NYM | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ NYM | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs MIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs MIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs MIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs PIT | vs CLE | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs PIT | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs PIT | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ TB | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ TB | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ TB | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ CIN | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ CIN | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ CIN | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs NYY | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs NYY | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs NYY | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs WSH | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs WSH | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs WSH | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ SF | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ SF | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ SF | @ WSH | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ COL | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ COL | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ COL | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIA | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIA | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIA | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ LAD | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ LAD | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ LAD | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ARI | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ARI | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ARI | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-3) | #152 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #60 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ ATH | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs TEX | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ HOU | |||||
