Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 15	# 175
VBR	# 15	# 281

Projections

Runs	33	17
Home Runs	13	4
RBI	33	15
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.263	.264

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	# 159

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	# 160

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 166

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 115

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	246

Runs	62	36

Hits	89	69

Singles	52	47

Doubles	15	11

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	21	10

RBI	69	33

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	79	40

Strikeouts	141	40

Batting Average	.253	.281

On Base Pct	.394	.386

Slugging Pct	.480	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	.842

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	118

Runs	33	17

Hits	47	31

Singles	25	21

Doubles	9	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	33	15

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	30	16

Strikeouts	63	24

Batting Average	.263	.264

On Base Pct	.377	.357

Slugging Pct	.533	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.910	.775

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT
News
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Spencer Horwitz suffered a concussion on his rehab assignment and will remain on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Spencer Horwitz will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Bradenton on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Spencer Horwitz has started a running program. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Nick Kurtz took batting practice in the cage on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said that Spencer Horwitz is expected back in July. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Athletics could activate Nick Kurtz this weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said he expects Spencer Horwitz to be sidelined through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
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			Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#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)	#277	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
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)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

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