Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 48	‐

Projections

Runs	29	‐
Home Runs	11	‐
RBI	29	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.264	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL7

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	334	15

Runs	61	2

Hits	88	4

Singles	52	2

Doubles	15	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	20	1

RBI	66	2

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	76	4

Strikeouts	130	2

Batting Average	.264	.267

On Base Pct	.403	.421

Slugging Pct	.494	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.897	.954

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	156	‐

Runs	29	‐

Hits	41	‐

Singles	22	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	11	‐

RBI	29	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	26	‐

Strikeouts	55	‐

Batting Average	.264	‐

On Base Pct	.377	‐

Slugging Pct	.532	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.909	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	The Athletics could activate Nick Kurtz this weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Nick Kurtz has not been cleared to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	The Athletics placed Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a right thumb capsule sprain, retroactive to July 10. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Nick Kurtz is not in the Athletics lineup on Friday due to a right thumb capsule strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Rafael Flores went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a double, two runs scored, and three runs batted in on Thursday in an 8-6 loss to the Dodgers. David Leisering Fri, Jun 12th
	Nick Kurtz is considered day-to-day after leaving Wednesday’s game early with an illness. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Pirates optioned C Rafael Flores to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
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			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Rafael Flores (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation