Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Nick Sogard (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Nick Sogard 1B,2B,3B - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	# 329
VBR	# 237	# 1063

Projections

Runs	15	11
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	16	9
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.259	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 33	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 25	# 387

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 257

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Nick Sogard 1B,2B,3B - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	70

Runs	62	11

Hits	89	19

Singles	52	13

Doubles	15	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	21	0

RBI	69	3

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	79	13

Strikeouts	141	17

Batting Average	.253	.271

On Base Pct	.394	.386

Slugging Pct	.480	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	.757

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Nick Sogard 1B,2B,3B - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	84	88

Runs	15	11

Hits	22	21

Singles	12	15

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	16	9

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	14	10

Strikeouts	30	22

Batting Average	.259	.238

On Base Pct	.375	.320

Slugging Pct	.516	.342

On-base Plus Slugging	.892	.662

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Nick Sogard 1B,2B,3B - BOS
News
	The Athletics placed 1B Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Red Sox are recalling Nick Sogard from Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Red Sox activated Nick Sogard from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Nick Sogard will go on a rehab assignment starting on Thursday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Nick Sogard is expected to begin a minor league rehab assignment in the coming days. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Nick Sogard has been doing defensive work while hitting right-handed as he continues to build up his left-handed swing. He is currently progressing through tee work and soft toss as part of his recovery and hitting progression. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Nick Sogard 1B,2B,3B - BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#307
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#352
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#391	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#136	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#192
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#407
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#119	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#80	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#119
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Nick Sogard (2026)

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